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noun • a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq | ||||||||
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noun • an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040) | ||||||||
36% | 7 | Born in Basra, Iraq, in 965 AD | ||||||
noun • an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040) | ||||||||
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